OWN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OWN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OWN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OWN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OWN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about OWN
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OWN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Belonging to oneself.
Own does three jobs: an adjective of emphasis, a verb of possession, and the phrase about owning up. The verb is younger than the adjective, and the slang sense meaning to defeat somebody is younger still and came out of gaming.
How OWN is used
Adjective after a possessive: my own. Also a verb.
- She has her own room for the first time.
- They own the field and rent the barn.
- He owned up before anybody asked.
- The word own is an adjective before it is a verb.
- A place of one's own is the whole ambition.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OWN
The 3 tiles of OWN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OWN
11 longer words begin with OWN.
Words ending in OWN
Showing 24 of 170 words that end in OWN. Useful as a back hook: play OWN onto a word already on the board.
Words with OWN inside
Showing 24 of 558 words that contain OWN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OWN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OWN
Common questions about OWN
- Is OWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OWN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OWN worth?
- OWN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OWN mean?
- Belonging to oneself.
- What letters can be added to OWN?
- OWN takes 9 hooks: 8 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OWN:
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